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lutlon of Polk county , the expense ot the
t'rimlntUcourW wits less than fcfjO.OOO. . Ilo
presented furlhef tntistlcs showing
Hint the ] tills of Kansas mid Town bavo
more luimitca. ficrordltiKlo population , Limn In
Ncbrnslm. Ilo Bhowcd on array of statistics
from tlio county ofllcluls allowing thutcrlmo
has not decreased In lovrn and Kansas under
prohibition , but hnd actually Increased , and
wail far In excess of Nebniaka In ratio to the
population.
Ifo met Governor Ijirraiico's picture of
prosperity ntUcs Molnts by lolllnxof avUlt
mndo to lown's capital city iiwcclcnKO. He
KOVO the number of llftccii vncnnt store build
ings on the nrlnclpal streets which were for
rental nflcuro greatly rciluccil over that de
manded Ixjforo the prohibitory law went Into
effect. Ho quoted letters from businessmen
of Dca lollies rolatlvo to the depreciation of
property , and presented similar statistics
from KHIIBHS.
lo ! closed by promising to show In "Is
evening argument how prohibition does not
prohibit. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Grnornl Itrailfont'H Spcroli.
General H rail font wnstlien Introduced. Ho
Was iiotln u good liunior. I lo had sulked In
a corner or walked to nnd fro In front the
cntrmifo ( hiring the progress of the other
snccuhtvi. Ho wtu mining his \vrnth , nnd
when Introduced announced with inoro
warmth than Kracoumtho hnd inado It urulo
of his llfo never to apeak where ho was
not \\nlromo. Ho felt very sow over the
scotching ho bad received nt JIr.K.oscwater'a
nnd Webster's hand * last night , and lie explained
plained that ho had come under piolest and
la response to the Grand Island committee's '
Invitation. lie saldho vnntcd to icfuto the
Blunders Hint bad hcon uttered about Kansas.
Ilo hnd the facts , ho said , volumes of them ,
to shot ? tbat-tho state had grown wonderfully
greater under prohibition , and ho wanted to
present them.
'J'liey ( the awllonro ) waited for thorn , but
they veto disappointed , Instead of f.icts ,
Mr. Bradford launched forth Into a political
.speech , which occupied hU ontlro time. Ilo
proved to his own satisfaction that the only
olinnco for the republican party hi ISlfeJ was
lo adopt , prohibitioiuis a imtioiml issue , andre
ro Into the campaign on that issue nloue. Ilo
loldtlio history of republican growth anil his
own political success as n proiilbitloii rcpitb-
licnn , his majorities and hinv badly the other
fellow \Viii loft until linio was culled , 'i'tica
lie said liowiis sorry ho did nut have twelve
liours to talk , so ho could ( tut a , chance to
offer the statistics hu had with him ,
Hon. John li. Wolwtcr'rt Speech.
Hon. .1. L. "Webster met a cordial reception
when hu opened his reply to Bradford by
nlullni' : "I did not como here to mnko a
political sccch ] , and was not invited hero for
that purpose. I came li''ro to talk of the dan
ger" of this nefarious policy of prohibition
which scinu gentlomcn fiom abroad are s.cek-
ing to force on the people of this state. Those
Iwobx-stilp officials have told you of the
Brent growth nnd success of the two state *
and tire' prosperous condition o ( the repub
lican juuty under prohibition. Yet the re
publicans of Iowa repudiated prohibition and
elected a democrat to succeed Governor Lar-
rnbcc. The republicans of Kansas repudiated
St. John lind elected a democratic governor ,
' .The prohibition political heresies of both
have been refuted , mid both have been politi
cally swamped under the glorious policy of
prohibition. , Yo , in Nebraska , have not trot
prohibition , atid wo never had a democratic
governor.1' [ Applause. ]
" Mr. Webster then apologi/cd for drugging
politics into the debate , andsuid ho would
nothnvo dono&o hadnotMr. Bradford com
pelled It. by his political speech. IVlr. Web
ster then wont further Into the line of urgu-
inenl commenced at hist , evening's debate , to
show thiil crlmo of all kinds , and drunkenness
in particular , Is more prevalent In the proht
bltlon Htiitcs than in states where a high 11
cciiso law Is enforced. Ilo closed by rojicat-
liiK his assertion that prohibition , as it exists
lii Iowa , ICamns and Maine , is a greater
drunknrd maker nnd generator of cilino
than high license saloons. Ho said Uo hnd
watted for au answer to this slntemcnt. mid
had waited in vain. If any of. the prohibition
advocates had with them any of tbo statistics
they hid | 'been harping about bo was anxious
tbJjearitbcm.
U SESSION.
fix-Governor I/arraboo's Speech ) .
The flnal meeting of the debaters on the
prohibition Isauo drew an immense uudlcnco
and nrouscd n , great deal ol en thusioam. When
the progranmio was announced "Colonel" "
{ ankh friado a roar. Ilo wanted to speak ,
'JClio pile receipts wcro large , nnd ho wanted
asharoiutt. Ho protested , ho gesticulated
but to no avail , and ho took hli dishes aui
wonthotiio , refusing to play any longer.
Kx-GoverhorLarrnbeo of Iowa opened th
evening discussion. Ilo could not reconcile
tho-stnttnnentHftf high license advocates , ho
said , \vhcu they claimed in ono sen
ten co that piohlbltion wjis ruining thi
state and In the next that the prohibitory lav
was mqf ; enforced. Ho roforrcd ngiiln t (
Down's prosperity , and claimed that much o
this w.is duo to the successful suppression o :
, tbo liquor tiMflie , Ho denied Mr. Itoso-
watcr'sllgn res quota ! ntllcatrice , on tbo ex
ponhcsof criminal prosecution * in the state ,
and pxplauiud that the incrcaso in the ex.
pentad wus duo moru to u change in the Judl
cial system rather than to au Increase hi
erlniq. lie said ho used to travel the same
road on the prohibition question that Mr
.liofaowutcr was now traveling , and was sum
'that ho could cGtivInco him of his fallacy if
he had time. Ho explained the low rents in
Te ) Motives , by saying that rents hnd bean too
Ulgji in Doa Molnes for years , bused on a
boom , and had only recently been reduced to
n.reiujouublo . rate. 'I'ho speaker referred to
"Stonily Jordan" of0ttum\vatlioproprlctoi
of tbo saloon culled "ThoHoaillo Hell , " as
to whether or not prohibition could bo on
forced lii'Iowa or not. Jordan fought tli <
luiir , and , carried a case to thosupreinoeourto.
ibo UnltedStatCa at an ox pouso of $20,000 , , and
WIIM finally , fprvcil to close his jilaeo.
'
r UUjo-'lirG.w.era .of Iowa. could toll , ho said ,
whether or not prohibition was enforced.
Uoreicnet's word made to the proprietors of
Hho Various breweries in Iowa wlqhacl | closed
up and hnd none into other business nnd had
boon highly successful. "There nro a few
brcmovies lu the slate , but the vo nro not many
of , lem ) , " 1(0 ( said , " d they can bo closed if
.Uiaofllcers of the law do their duty , High
'llccmo ' reduces the number of saloons , I con
fess , but the trouble is It legalizes them. It
iinnktis the business respectable. I would
rather litwo a doggery than a gilded place. I
um not afraid of my boys visiting a doggery.
\\ohnd gilded saloons I should bo nfrald.
It is the legalizing of the business that I oppose -
pose , "
Qovcruor Lnrabco made calm , logical ex
position of lii.s views. Ilo cited quotations
jrom the reports of the Forty-first district
Juflgvi of Iowa , tending to show that jirohlbi-
tion had resulted In the decrease oC drimltcn-
ness and the crimes consequent thereon. His
Bpeccli was better received than thai of any
ot tbo probibltlonlsls v.'lio have spoken at
those meetings. _
Hon. Edwnnl Itosotvatcr's Speech ,
Mr , Itosowatcr followed Governor Lam-
bee , and rcnoatcd his expression of the after
noon lu ( banking the governor for bis cour
teous nnd gentlemanly address , something
unusual In prohibition spoikors. Mr , Itoso
watcr staled that there was reason for Um
favovublu reports roado on tha prohibition
question by the district Judges of loua.
Most of them -wora ropubllcans and were
pledged to support prohibition , and could not
well give any bul a favorable report. Mr.
Iloscwatcr then directed his attention to
General Bradford. Ilo showed up the
falsity of many assertions thai wcro
nmdeby the Kansas lawyer. Bradford stated
thnt the reform schools of Kansas were
empty , wlillo Nebraska's wcro crowded. Sir.
Itosowatorln reply roar" on advertisement In-
urtoduiullof the Kuns ; papers by the
superintendent of charities and corrections ,
In which .sheriffs nnd county ofllcluU were
Informed that tbcro was no room In Ilia ro-
farm , schools for boju , aud that offending
youiiBslers would Uavp to bo kept in the JulU.
Jlr. Itosowator rovlewed Bi-adforcl's ' wild
statements , and dissected Ihom lo the evi
dent sntlsf action of the Immense audience.
Armverliifi Qovcnior Lavrabco's statement ,
that the prohibition la\v was as well enforced
n Iowa us aiiy otuor law , Mr , Itosewuler
said lie would reel very sorry for Iho slate of
Iowa If all her laws wcro as badly enforced
it U.o prohibitory law , Ho prcscutcd llgura
showlii ; tlio largo ndmbcr of llccmcd liquor
sellers in Iowa nnd ICansiw . . . .
Ho referred to Ills experloncoln pronlbltloii
Iowa last wenlt. Ho arrived in DCS Molnes nt
midnight nnd started out to s"o how prohibi
tion prohibited. Ho visited n hotel and found
i barroom without any difllculty.'iuid procured
iVhlsky without any qucUloti , Howonlfur-
hcr , nnd found a number of grog shops run-
Imt open all nlglit.
Ilo crunted mi Immcnso sensation
by proilucltiK ahalfplntof whisky which ho
had purchased In a DM Moluca barroom
after 1 o'clock m the inornliiK.
lie made a further investlgntion later , nnd
'ound thnt the liquor tr.inle was cnrrlei on
ilniost onenlp. Ilo found In ono of the
.daces , next door to the Register onicc , c-
connnodatlons for drlnldiig mid ( rumbling ,
imdho produced a bottle ofbccrwhlch ho
had imrchusedIn nu alleged tea store. Jlo
found that onadrup firm had sold 7'JOO , bottles
tles of beer in Auguit.
'I'ho records of the city nwrslial showed
thuttholouilof nrrcstn In Dc-'i Mclncs for
Iholwlf jour cndlng.luly Ul , 18)0 ! ) , was over
fourthoiuaiiil , of which over four hundred
wciv In one month , more than for six inoutbs
"a Lltu'oln , In whisky Nebraska.
Mr. Uosowntcr uho told of bis trip to ICnu-
sa-s. where , In Lcavcnworth , ho purchased
beer In it saloon directly opposite thucity
hall , In front of the tnavor'.s ' omoo.
] Nlr. Ito'O water also toll of his experience
in Topelu , where he found numerous places
wlicro liquors wcio freely sold. Ho con
trasted this condition of affairs with the
woiklngs of the liquor tr.ifllc under the
license regulations of Nebraska ,
Hefefring nirain lo Ilr.nlford , Mr. Itosc-
watcr prcsonlcd an nflldavil of iiTopcka
plumber who found and drank beer in lirad-
fonl's cellar while he was uttomoy general of
Kansas , nnti that \vlien llratl ford vas prose
cuting attorney hn nas i-cproveil by Governor
St. John for bclntr in alleged collusion
with the -willsIcy liiteicsta. Mr. llrad-
ford was also found to have
wrllton a letter In which ho told the gov
ernor that flic law In ICtinsni could not boon-
forced. Mr. Kosewator snid ho admired hon
est prohibitionists , but ho detested men who
wcro hypocritical in profession nnduro any
thing lor political preferment.11
llrniKoril Itr-fusi's toSpoAlc.
Ocnor.il Bradford was billed to follow Mr.
Hosotvutcr. Ho probably gel anjukllii ? o
what was In store for him mid when Mr
Kosewatcr llnlshcd his address Mr. Bradford
could not bo found. Ho bad gone away with
Kankln mid tlieyycro holding a nmtunl na-
mlration society in their rooms at
the hotel , engaged and paid for
by the committee thoj' had Insulted
thclf schoolboy peevishness.
In Bnulford's absence Governor Larrabeo
was called upon to tako-Ilradford's time. The
governor continued his line of arguments on
tlio school phase of the prohibition Issue. Ho
claimed that tlio license system was wrong ,
nudtnxcs for school purposes should como
from property holders. The saloonkeeper
should uol be f > ct up ias a tax-gatherer. lie
does not celled from the property owners.
Ilo gets it from the laborer , the poor man , It
is n system of tux shirking. Iteuables heavy
property owners to get out of paying their
share of the tu\es properly duo from projwrty
owners. *
Governor Larrabce , referring to Jlr. Hose-
water's lra ) Molnes experience , humorously
advised Air. Kobowatcr to bo a little inoro
careful about gohifr into suc i tcinptntloiis.
Ills rcpoit was only In con Urination of the
governor's ' former charges , thnt whisky men
resorted to all manner of means to evade the
law , Ho assured Mr , Itosowntcr that there
was no danger of being slugged In DCS
Moinea , nnd created a laugh in the Omaha
contingent by turning to Mr. Hosowater nnd
asking him if be had ever been slugged in
Omaha.
Hon. Jolm Ij. Weljster's Speech.
The debalo of the evening : and of tbo oc
casion was closed by Hon. John IJ. Webster.
"Governor Luuubce , " sold Mr. Webster , "i :
entitled to the kind consideration of Ihis
audience for blsmuiily and honest discussion
of the tiuestlon , Ho nowhere took Iho time ,
however , io tell the people to answer my
charge that proiilbitloii ns ft political doctrine
Is a greater drunkard maker than Iho high
licensed saloon , "
Ho ox-plained the manner in which ho had
agreed -to meet the prohibition speakers In
itobato , nnd showed that Hankin and Brad
ford wore kicking ivlthoul cause or reason
Mr. Webster stated thathennd Mr. Hosewaler
wcro present without compensation and
under the auspices of no organization. y.'hoy
wcro present to defend the high license law
of Nebraska under -which the slalo had grown
nnd was growing greater. Ilo reviewed the
penitentiary and criminal records of pro
iilbitloii states , and showed conclusively that
the offenses resulting from abuse of the
liquor trafllc were ou the Increase , and were
greater in proportion to the populalion , than
la high license Nebraska. Ho presented nn
array of statistics Bho\viug the ratio of
drunkenness to the population. In Iho Iowa
cities to bo fur In excess of that In Omaha
and oilier cities of Nebraska , and enlivened
tbo allowing with Illustrations and forcible
hlii ts that kept tbo enthusiasm of the audience
nt a high pitch. Ho was nccordod an cn-
Ihusiastic ovation at his inastcily close of the
great discussion ,
. \S DEll < tTE ,
A. 0. Itanlcln's Opening Address in
Favor of Prohibition.
Mr. A. C. Ilnnkiii opened the hlgb-liconse-
prohlbllion debate atlho Grand Island sugar
palace Thursday evening' . His argument in
support of prohibition Is given In full , from
stenographic notes. Ho spoke as follows :
Mr. Chairman , Ladles and Gentlemen ! I
gi-ectyou here toniphl In defense and In sup
port of the piohibitory amendment to your
constitution. This palace is suggcslivo of
tbo new enterprise ) in tbo west , and I tiust
that the day will soon coino that thcso broad
acres that wo have stretched out before us
here will produce and theio be manufactured
enough sugar to sweeten all or us peoploln
the c.istein states. 1 shall not detain vou
ivlthany preliminaries. My thno is 11 m fled
and Iho Bubjccl is ono lliat is very hard lo
do anything Itkojustlco toil In the space of
forty-live minutes.
Ki am heic , then , in support of the adoption
of the prohibitory amendment to your
constitution nml lo oppose tbo pies-
en t Hernia system or any license
system. I hold to the position that the pro
hibition of the manufacture and sale of In
toxicating llfjunrs to bo used as a bovcragols
lighl in principle nnd justified upon moral ,
social nnd business grounds and is susiained
by the highest authority in Ibis great ro-
publlc.
Second : 1 anirin that n license , high or
low , Is wrong In prliulplo. does not regulate
nor protect society nnd is a sin against God
nnd n disgrace to this state and to our na
tion. When a great question of this kind
comes Ixsforo tuopooplo wo are met with op-
iK&ition , some of It honest and sonio of it dis
honest. Ono of the first things that sug
gested Itself to us as dlsputatlvo Is the argu-
nicnl thnt it Is the abuse , ot Intoxicating
liquors , and not the use. This argument has
served more persons and loncer tlmo asim
excuse for the modcrato use of intoxicating
drink.
Then perhaps ( mother ; I read In tbe public
press that the distillers , of Pcoria , 111. , in
their con vcnllon adopted this as ono of their
planks , that II was the abuse nud not the
use.
use.I am hero tonight to accept that as literally
true ; It Is the abuse and not the use , The
evil of this tranla is admitted ; II is admitted
by thu distinguished genllcmau that is lo
tnko the opposite ot this question. I bavo
their admission before me. 1 have before
metbonddress of Mr. Itosowatcr and Sir. Web-
sler nl Beatrice and for convenience I htivo
taken their nil mission of this business down
nnd will read It.
Mr. Hoscwater la his address at Beatrice
says s " 'I'ho distressing pictures of the suf
fering nnd miser'by ) reason of liquor wo all
mlmlt ; wo know thai men Imvo nmdo boasts
of themselves ; wo know that men have ( ? ono
down to their graves nnd wo know that
hundreds of thousands of people nro impov
erished. The question Is not , shall wo by ono
fell swoop , stop the drunkard factories , but
are wo able to fcccp tbo drunkard factories
closed. I ant not here representing the
drunkard makers , I am not hero representing
tbo saloon or defending the whisky shop. "
I wish to cell your attention to this fuel ;
Thnt ho hero distinguished tlio saloon as a
drunkard factory and these who manage It
as drunkard makers , and if I should feel In
clined to use thnt term in speaking of this
b'lsinoss , I hope no saloon keeper or any ono
engaged in the business \vlll feel offended
when mv friend run use such terms as thai.
Mr. Webster says , "I am not hero lo advo
cate the saloou lutercita , but of regulating a
sortof o\II \ thai catmot 60lp2d out of ex
istence. "
Idon'tsupposo that either ono of thcninro
here to deny their position upon this ques
tion.
Ills tlionbuso of Intoxicating liquors , we
accept that w literally true ; If no ono had
ever used Intoxicating liquors , and thoubuso
of thorn , wo would never Have had tbo pro-
'osed ' movement , there would have been no
occssity for It.
W ) accent this as literally true ; this came
romour friends , nndvo both ngrco upon It.
The question naturally arises lu our mind ,
vhoshould correct this ubusol Thosoi'n-
ascd In the business , or tboio outside ! E
nirm th.it this admitted abuse should be
lorrcctedby tlio partlo * engaged In the busl-
, c-ss ! that they should h.ivo corrected tills
\-llthe.viiJmlt : and the question arises-why
luin't they done ill \\tty hain't they done
tl I would liico to have cither of the dls-
ingjishrtl scntlonien tell us wbyl 'Jliey
ayp had tlnicenough. They commenced tha
cKiilating of this Irafllo over four huudrotl
rears ago ! wo have given them over a bund-
od rears In tlil'i republic to , by u svstem of
icenso or various forms of law , protect soci-
sty from the evil of thin business , but fixlluro
s written over ovciy effort.
j\nd today wo stand con froatodrltntho \
iionnityof the evil of this trafllc , mid wo
ire askJ to allow it to go on and only
ili'sil with the abuse growing out of this Imsi-
ics3. 1 say Uis tholr place to correct It , but
, hcy havc failed. AYhyf Decause thoycnu't.
t can't be done. You might ns well undor-
, ako to reguljto tlio devil as to uttompt to
regulate the sale of Intoxicating liquors pub-
llrljnnd prevent the public from the evil
gro\vinjout of such sale ,
If the railroid company licro should put
down a large number of now rails betvccn
hei-e and Omaha anil thpyshould prove to be
fnultv , and when the tram run over them ono
brake and thu train ivns thrown olT , nud upon
Investigation It wus found thnt that order of
rails wusat fault , \vhat\\ould \ the coinpany
ilol Tnko every rail from tbo railroad bud
and put down now ones In order to protect
the public from the dimmer of that ilJe.
I say the liquor men admit that c\ll. " \Vliy
hain't ' they protected us and our homes ? It is
because they can't , and they gave i' up more
th nn twcnty-Ihe years ago. They Imvo not
only failed , but they have almost , with hut
fcwexceptions , secretly nnd openly violated
every effort of the people to protect tticin-
seUca against this evil.
And In the face of this they ask us lo close
our eyes and stop our mouths to permit this
busiuosilo peen , provided they pay us the
paltry silm of WOO orlKK , ) .
The second thought suggested to mo li that
you can't makn men slop by law you can't
legislate morals Into aT man ; the way to re
form a man Is to nt them Avlth the pospcl ;
you can't reform a man by taltlug a policeman
andgoliignt him with a club , mid that prohi
bition is wronifln principle because il tiles
to legislate morals into a man , and iteaa'ldo
that. This is another of their objections to
prohibition , and It is a principle I Know that
good men preach. Yes , sir. llrothcr IVlur-
phy preiuhcs this doctrine , ( led bless the
old man ; ho Is doing u good work to rescue
men wuobccoino victims to therumdrialdnjr
habit , anil ! saynmcn to thatbut whenever
Brother Murphy steps over the line from the
"malice toward none and charity for all" and
brotherly love nnd throws insinuating slan
ders over the men-\\lio are in favor of legal
prohibition ho Is out of Ills element , and 1 do
not say amen to that ,
Again : Law makes conditions. We are
not going for the drunkard to reform them
with a policemm's club : \\o uro going after
the business ; wo arc going for the broweiies
and the saloons , not the individual iiiati. Ijiw
makes conditions. This truth is one that has
always bcon applied to civilization. la tlio
last presidential campaign wo discussed the
tariff , ono party siding apilnst high tariff lo
miilio business good In the country and the
other said we must have a low tnriJT to make
business peed In the country. NcIEber one of
these parties proposed to plow a Held of corn
by law , nor mnko a ton of Iron by law , nor
make a x > ar ! of shoes by law , but 'they pro
posed to change the conditions by law. CJon-
dltlons Mint , results afterwards , This cam
paign for the amendment Is n campaign , for
Ibo establishment of the new condition of
things and not particularly and directly lo
legislate upon. Iho drunkard.
Conditions always precede resulls. This
is dlvino iiotico of the application :
"Tho pure In heart shall ace God ,
and not every man that says L < ord ,
Lord , Lord sball enter into the Ititifjdoni of
heaven , but lie that doeta the will of the
father which is in heaven it shall bo duo to
rcccivo tbo reward.
It Is true In mechanics , it Is true in agricul-
lure ; there are certain conditions required.
The farmer must plow the Held and plant the
seed and cultivate tbe corn before he gets Iho
crop. How > vo look after Iho conditions
around our home so that our children nro not
thrown Into contaminating1 influences , to
know that the conditions around conduce to a
sweetnes.s of llfo and that our childicu mar
grow up noble men and women.
Law makes and chnnprcs conditions.Vo \
see this truth verillcd in the original package
bill. When the supreme court decided
against usut onto the conditions worochangMl
by law in the prohibition states and the orig
inal pickago saloons prospered at once , but
when the president had written his immoto
the Wilson bill awry over \Vawhiiipton
city , the conditions vere changed in Iho state
of Iowa and Ivin.sus nnd the original paclciigo
men got nut iu don bio quick.
Law changes condilions , and we ask fora
prohibitory law ; wo ask for the law lo take
away Iho saloon , to take awav the brewery ,
and as a result make tbe condition that sur
roundourhomes , thnt surround society , tin
surround our communities , thai will conduce
to sobriety , by which boys can gro\v up to bo
men without becoming drunkards , nnd the
men who nro drunkards can nave a chanuoto
live a sober llfo ,
Is there anything enmity or fanat
ical about this proposllionl It Is a
grand thing to reform men. to bo the In
strument of leading : men into the path of so
briety , bul it is an Infinitely inoro glorious
thing to destroy the agency that produces
drunkards and save Iho nation and genera
tion to como from ever being drunkards ,
ana. thnt Is what we purpose. The prohibi
tion of tmiliquor trnfttq to bo used ns a bever
age is sustained by tho'bighcst legal tribunal
in this nation. This question has been settled
In tbo supreme court of the Unted ( Stnti-s
nnd It has settled the question ofpersonal
right or the personal llborly of the clll/en ns
icspcctingtho inanufacluroandsalo of intox
icating liquors.
Let me quote you a few c < ctrccs ( Jrom tno
supreme court of the United States , Men
talk about us legislating what no shall cat
nad where to KO to church ana nil that
kind of thing. The supreme court of the
Tnlted States , I have its opinion before nw ,
thu supreme court tolls us that not every net
ostensibly for the protection of public health
nnd public morals and publio safety is lo bo
accepted by them as a legitimate oxerclso ol
the pollco powers of the state , but they tell
us that an net ostensibly forth tit pui'poso thai
had 110 real or substantial reason to these
things , that was u palpable fraud on the
rights of the citlron , it was the duty of the
court to sodcclmo.
Vou can not prohibit what you please. The
supreme court , tbo highest tiibunal ,
Iho only couit removed away from
the paity influences , the inon upon
that bench put there for llfo
so wo can go to that court removed from in
fluences and furthest from all In thU line ,
we can go to them with questions of const ! tu-
llonal right to have them settle it , and they
sotUolt. The state hid the right to prohibit
the sale of liquor as abovcrago and nocoastl-
tutional right of Iho ciltecn was interfered
with.
with.Why aid ( hey settle it that" way I Two
reasons are assigned by that court ! The
Hrst is. "Wo can not shut out of view the
fact -within the knowledge of nil lhat public
health , publio morals anil public safety tnaj
bo endangered by ( ho general use of intoxlca
ting liquors , " Second , and I want my friend
on the other side to pay attention lo Ihis ,
"Nor can wo Ignore the faclshown byslatU
tics , accessible to every one , that the dh
order , pauperism and crime prevalent In the
country nro In a largo measure directly Irace
able tothiscvil. "
You may pile up your complicated statistics
to .show that thcso crimes aronotattrlbutablo
to this evil , but jou can't play that trick 01
the supreme couit. The supreme couit here
distinctly declares that publio morals , dis
order , pauperism anil crime prevalent iu
country are largely traceable to this evil.
If , Ihoreforc , a Btalo deems tlio prohlbl
lion of Iho manufacture tmdsnlo of intoxlca
ting liquors within her limits for other than
mechanical , medlclrmlor scientific purposes
lo be necessary to the peace and security o
society , the couits can \vlthoutusHirp- -
lug legislative functions override It and th
wilt of the people ,
As to the declaration that the slat
has no rig-lit to prohibit a man manufacturing
It for hl owa profit nnd use , they ileclur
thut no such right inhere : } In citizenship ,
( top taa wbliky men never dreamed the supreme
promo court would take , Tnlknbout the con
stUutloual right of mca to esgngo lu th
nnnufiicturoand sal.j < } iJ | Intoxicating liquor 1
Vnd thnt is what thesi ) p oniil rttttits
oagties nro for , I | idfcv > them from what
her do and uotfroniivhat they suy , They
ro organized for , tjjfl , porpoluntloa of the
nloon. ThOHiinrotnf.caurlhus deciJed that
lie light to prciilbltllitB bsai'ial to us and
lifitno rlfht of Iho ullrenld Interfered with.
Tow , gentloinen , lotftil'licar ' uo mow about
icrsounl. liberty , ' ' '
Adn ( , thoo-Ulor IhtsHsio Ri-eat nml so In-
u res society tlml tblsvrprwio court decided
lioy didn't ' o o tftm anything for thflr
osses imdlhe.ycould'ijfpgaUy collect one dol-
ir from the people - \ \ hiiiivo" closed up this
iiislnoss and tlrovo tlipm out by law , They
aid wo only nbatu n nuisance.
It seems to mo Ib-At "tvlth such nuthorltv
ichlnd us there Is vd itttlo room for talk
bout personal Hbcrly'beliiK Interfered with
n the adoption of prohibition. jVnJif wo
Iceinthoprohibltlonlsts cranksatid fanatics ,
hunthu supronw court of the UnltoilStutcs
s cranks and fanatic * , too.
Should the prohibitory amendment 1)0 )
.dopled" ? I answer , YOJ. 33ul sonio are
eady to oppose It upon the ground that It
vill injure the buslnMs of the state ;
htxt It will destroy or ruin tbo busl-
icss Interests of this state nud
hero Is an organization , drfjanl/.c'd In this
itato upon Unit principle. Now , my heareis ,
have pone over Iho arguments that are pre-
enlcd by luo Iwo distinguished speakers
lex-otonlftlit from Omaha to titto the license
sideof this question , r sav I Imo gone o\er
'hoirspeeches carofutlv ntlloatilco. My clls-
Ingulshcil fileud Mr , ' Webster promised us
in Saturday that he would show that prohi
bition always Injured the business of Iho
slates. I have gone over his spcuchlltio by
Inoand Ihavo llgured out to mv judgment
ho most clean [ winteJ and forcible tirKtimcnt
.but ho presented , mill 1 wish to call his at
tention to this hero tonight in the opening-
address in order thai he tnay Invct unormor-
.unity and duo tlino to make reply to what I
itn going to sav. I ha\o \ hisspcccb hero
: iefow 1110 mid I wont to call your attention
, o vhat ho said. You remember that ho
talked about the prohibition stntcs on a busi
ness line of argument nnd ho lookup the
itatcof jNlilne , lie took nu thostatoof Ver
mont and hetoolcup tlio state of Nnv
Hampshire. Hotook up thosotlireo states
and then nuntrbaclc to thoconsui of 130 and
1880 In order to prove how disastrous prohi
bition wiulu those states. I will 11 lid It in a
minute hero. I want to read hU own words
ind 1 want your very carelull attention.
This to mymliidis thccloirest , and ifhe has
any more forcible argument than ho pio-
soiited in his three speeches , Itvanthlinto
point it out to mo. Hero Is ono more liable
to catch the unsuspecting public than any
other uttcMtiuo ho made on the business
nlmso of thU question ; "Hero is another
met about your prohibition state of Miiine.
In 1STO there -\vero 5,5.10 , raaiiufactiulnp In
dustries In that state , as reported
by the census of the national govcin-
nieiit for tuit year ; In liSO in the
same state of M.iltio there wcro but 41S1
maiiufactnrlntr Industries , therefore , In ten
years of prohibition iiiMsiino you destroyed
and wiped out 100'J man ufiu luring industries ,
1 want to say teen ) there was not ono of
thonift brcH'ory or distillery.
"InncwIInmftbiroyou ] dostrojod 101 , and
In Vermont you destroyed 'M manufacturing
Industriej I toll you thntln tli ( > stato.s sui-
roundinjc Vennont , Tviaino and N'o - liatnii-
shu-c , wbere you had hljjh license and did not
have prohibition , tliattho m.inufactuiiiiK in-
dustne.s oloveryonoof them increased in
stead of decreased. ItvJll pvo jou a state or
two. In Massachusetts In the name tcnyoara
Its institutions incrciiwl 1HU ; in the stutc of
Wisconsin ( you sco t > tut adjoins Maine ) , ( VOI ;
la the state of Ts'ew Varlr , B.nn.1 ! ; in Mary
land , 975 ; lu Illinois ( that is another cast era
state ) , 1 , 33 ; in Minnesota , 1,82and : ] , In the
little , as they sny , stato'of Nebraska , under
high license , .voulnnrcascdj-our manufactur
ing industries to the number of ; t : ) . [ An-
plauso. ] B
"Allow mo lo say , In conclusion , that In
every prohibition stulo > 'o\i have named by
your prohlWUondoctilno I contend It to be
that you destroy you r [ manufacturing Indus
tries , and by whleh I mfcan to say that you
drain upon your liriahcial prosperity. In
everystatoln thourrioo where you hmohnd
high license the iniuiufucturlng Industries
have Increased innuiiihor , fura Ishlnp employ-
mentlo inoro men , pnjirigoul more money
for your product , putting more money in
circulation nnd Iherofoio paving the way lo
universal prospctlty , which , stands face 10
face with Iho depreciation 'which mlht bo
donofluariclal industries Mhcro prohibition
exists , Now , itls forme to state the facts
and for this intelligent audience to draw con
clusions. "
I submit to you thnt this U more calculated
to catch nn unsuspecting public upon tbo
business phase of this question than any
othorevcr presented In all Ihut discusxJon ,
and Mr. Kosowator there , I wish lo call your
attention very cwefully to this argument. In
the Jirst place , I wish to call your attention
to the fact that ho says whew ho had high
license and did uol have prohibition the busi
ness Incrciiscd , and in Nebraska , little Nc-
brasua , cursed with hifjh license , your in
dustries hureascd 7(53 ( , I want to call your
attention to the interjection of hlijh license
Into this nigument. I want to call your at
tention to the fact thnt ho ninlo this com
parison from 1S70 to ISM ) , imcl there wasn't '
one of these slates that had hirh license in
them until alter 1SSO , not a blntjlo one of
them , [ .Applauso.J Not oven N"ebmska
Nebraska didn't get her high license law
until 1831 , and tliero is no man linowsil bet
ter than JohnD. Webster. [ Applause , ] Yet
ho hijectedlt Into thut speech to play upon
the credulity of the people of this stato. I
wan t him lo wrilo th at do wi. ;
Now , my friends , these figures In regard to
the I'cductlon or inauufactniliiB- literally
true. Thcvfire coriect , I have gone Ovcr
the original census reports and thov uio cor
rect verbatim. But , my friends , I hnvo an
other paper over hero that I pre
pared , and I want to say to you
right here tonight , now the assumption
Is that it was only Maine , I\'cw Hamp
shire and Torment that lost manufacturing
eslabllsliinents. Thcso three prohibition
states. What ( ITO the facts ) I bavo the olll-
cial copy of Ihe census lhat I made from the
books yesterday in Lincoln. There were
eighteen states of this union thnt lost In the
number of their innnuutcturlng establish
ments from 197O to 1330. I'cnnsjh-unla , my
own native state , stands at the head of tlio
list , allcense state. Jn thoitatoof Pcnnsyl
vitnlitsho Iost5W ! maiiufiicturingestablish' '
incuts from 1S70 lo 18SO. If prohibition
knocked out over ono thousand In thcstato
of Maine , I want Mr. Webster to tell us what
knocked out nearly six lliousmd Intlie license
stuto ot Pennsylvania , f Applause , ]
When he gets done -\\lth \ \ the state of Pen u
sylvnnla 1 A\ill \ tnko him backto tlie east , He
said all the states surrounding Maine nnd
Vermont , these three states , increased in
mnnufaetuiuiK. I must cmphatlnilly deny
this. The Mate ofCoiinecticiit lostiuu m.in-u-
facturlnp ostablishnionts from 1S0 ? to 1880 ,
Tnko the state of Ohio , the grand old buckeye
stiito of Ohio , "VVlmt did slio do from isro 'to
IS1) ! ) * She lobt2,074 manufncturiiiRcstablisli
meats under her license system f win 1870 to
ISM ) .
Then I will Iu-ing1n3 la litllo further west ,
go down into tlioolit , > tate ah , yea , tnko tbe
state of Indiana ; sli * lost CIO manufacturing
industries from lSTO"'t < ; i IS O , \vlllpivohitii
a worse close yet , aii'd ' a. good deal ncaroi
homo. Go right dow/M.lnto . the state of Mis
souri , right do-vw "iiitoi the license state of
Missouri and sbel losl J ! JOT inanu faclui'-
inff indnatrles uiitle i the lircnso sys
tcm. Ivoulcl \ JIU Mr , AVcbstcr to
tell us If prohibition Unorkcd out ovei
cno thousand in Maine , what Iciiockci
ever fl,000 , In the uesWHi state mid the license
state of Missouri IfWatfare. rApplnusol.
Then ho can talo' ' . hit -\vhlsky IContucki
and tell us ofthogrcittreductlon down there
and then go throufrHiDelC'.varound tell us
nbout It theic , nnd then ( ? o \Vost Virginia
and tell us about It there , anil KO the whole
round of lllteea llcctno states , and after ho
has explained Ihe conditions of these flfteoi
license states theilQ will commence to
think something uknit * his arirumerit tbou1
jrohlbltloa In llie three prohibit ! on states.
Itellyouhero tonight prohibition had no
more to dowith the reduction nf factories Ir
JIaine , New Ilainpshiro and \Vrmont from
1S70 tolSSO thatithu distinguished attornej
froia Qniahalmcl with Iho writing of the lei
cominanUincnls , not a bit wore. [ Laughter
and atiplause ) ,
I say hero tonight that notwithstanding
that tbo factories wore reduced iu the utate
of Mnmo , she bad moro men omplojcd It
nunufaclurlngtnHSO than sua hail in 187O
notwithsuindlnff the reduction of the numlMJi
of factories. [ Applause ) . .And New llamn
shire bad inoro tUau olj.'ht thousand inoro u
1SSO than Bhohacilu 1870. 1 tell you here
that \vhca a man of his Intelligence and null
Ity will como before trio people Jind present
such an argument In defense of thacuuso , in
dafonso of the Institution , ho li afraid to
champion ttupon Us merits : and when ho
presents such nil argument no ought clthcu
toinakoIL need oriHllgUo | to the htnto o ;
Nebraska for pi-at.cntlngsucliati urKiiracnt to
deceive and mislead them on this great qucu
tloa.
\Vewilllnlknboutlho business pkse of
.hl question a little further tin. I don't '
wish to spend all my time tonight on the
justness phase of this question.
Wearo told that prohibition , don't prohibit.
This Is the Ilmnlctof tholr tilny. Their
Hamlet IB to prove that prohibition don't '
prohibit , ncd then pnvc itilestroys liusincss
, n these d iff ere lit states. How do you reccn-
cllo that ?
But aprnln AM ; nro told thnt prohibition
don't prohibit. Hero Is nnothcrot their- as
sumptions , Annssuniptton it mumcs that
iirohlbltlonliiiH had nfiiir mid I iiiiurtliil [ trial ,
I say this Is an assumption and they cnn't '
pro volt. Do you mean to tell me that an
evil so great , so fnr-ivaolilotr , aodoop-seateil
a * that of IntoxlMLing llquoi-s , that itraii bo
trlcclon a , Itltlo clly or n. county , 01 * n Htnto
even of thlsunlonvltli , all thoMirrouiulluK
states llconsc'd states , and then the ieiicril ;
rovonmioiit still permitting it to o In there
In original p.ieU ( ? us do you mean to tell 1110
that Is a fair ana impirtinl ti-lilof pmhill-
tlon , and you aim to ho ready and are asked
to pronounce Judtmcntatidtoiidnnn iton the
proundoC thnt trial. An c\ll \ so xvctl and
broad and deep as this Is cannot lie tried
falrlj'aiiil honestly upon such premises as
that.
that.VIiy , sir , we have lust col oulof tliole al
bittle about the ( iticstlon of ex polling lltiuois
In thostatw. U'hey told ustho orlRitialptiok
ace decision had broke the hick bone of pro
Mbit Ion , nnd Iho U'ilson hill hus broken the
back hone of license and the liquor Ira flic ,
[ A.m > laii30. |
well , \voare told that prohlblllon is wrong
In principle , and when Jlr. Ulckto
presented that argument on tbo frame
Inside tlio Iho limits , and -\\hon bo presented
that about Iho fast horse , fast clitvliiR , etc. ,
they answered this -with tlio most beautiful
nlcu trlmninl-up argument ttiatlt wasrepru
lalionnnd ivusn'l prohibition at nil.Vo
icgulated \VoreBulateait \ , " lilon't
care whether you call It regulation or wrohl-
billon ; wo won't bo imy ways paillculnr
nbout term' , They snya rose hy nny other
name would smell Just ns nvcot. andsowould
Hosounlcrbv any otlicr niimo snwll just as
siveettoo. [ Luuirhtoi' ' ]
I hnvo only potllvu minutes yet , bu-tlhnvc
just pot started. I xvlih to wy that , the prin
ciple Is one nnd the same. So far us the
hulldliiff of the finmo houses within the lire
limits is concerned , it prohibit * * it ; It forbids
n man to build thnt house , hulbomys It
don't forbid the building of houses
The prohibitory amendment CloM propose
total prohihltionofthollfixioctra.Hlc. It per
mits the minufaetui-o and sulo oC It for
medicinal , mechanical and sdciitlni ! purposes
and only forbids its manufacture arid
sale for lievcraires becnuio the the use
of It for hcvcMR-es Injuics society , The
nnalojry is coinploto ; the only diflcronco
is the lines outelde are a little
ttlderjln the case of tuo citv limit , ills not
\cryfiir dMuiitto the far boundary * bub in
the cnso of prohlWliiig Iho wle of llcxuor i"or
hevcraRes vo have to put it outside thebor-
dors of thq state. It is a little further to go
but the principled thcsaiiie ,
My time Is u bout expired , but Iwlshto dis
cuss llrst their ni'g-uinent that prohibition
don't prolilbit. This Is founded on the as
sumption tint license lepulntcs nml I propose
bcfoi'0 this duuato is through to tear the
inislc oft the rotten , danminf ! license ajstcin
ofthostntoof Jscln-asku and show you it ii
Inokeuuiicl trampled under foot , and I will
proven outof Tun OuAiitBKi ; mid other
sources of that Wnd , and it never has been
licpt inthlsstatofor tholnstniiicyears ,
Wo may have our defeats in cniryinKtlicso
campaigns forward ; noftood tnovcnieiit over
succeeds ntoncoVo had our Hull Him ;
JC3 , -\\o \ had ourColci Huibnr. lut the day
came vhenwe hud our Uetlysbuiir , tbe dny
came vhenwo hudourRlorloiispponiattox. \ .
So itwill be witli prohibition , \Vomujlinvc
our Bull liuii nud wo mnyha\o our Cold
Harbor , but the day is coin in ) , ' when % -vc. will
have our CJcttysburjc lijfhlln Nebraska on
Xovember 4 , nnd I believe it Is comingwhen
vo will have our glorious Appomatlox , when
the power of rum shall ho crushed and this
nation shall bo a bravo and frees people. Oed
hasten the day.
Mil. ttf > Hiif'.tTJKIl'S AftiiVSMKXT ,
An Array ofF * ets In Support of
Mcensc.
The second argument of tbo series \vas de
livered by Hon. Udward Rosowatcr , editor of
Tim BtE , in favor of hljli license , and in full
vus oa follows :
Mr. Chairman and Fellow Citizens !
Rrave problem confronts the people of Ne
braska. The proposition bus been submitted
to the voters of tbis stoto to Imbody into the
fundamental \ of our commonwealth an
amendment to prohibit the manufacture and
sale of liquors undmalt bevemKes.exot'pting
they may bo used for medicinal aud me
chanical puiposcs I hold that \\ouldbo \ \ a
great blunder and a disastrous calamity to
the people of this state to cloauytMng of thai
Idnd. 1 maintain that itls an extraordinary
proposition to put into the constitution cfan.v
Btato tlie prohibition of the manufacture and
saloofany commodity whisky , gun powder ,
dynamite or any thing clso. I maintain Hint
itls an extraordinary proposition to put Into
the fundamental law of a state the pro-
hlbillonof any net that ran bo dcflnecl ns a
crime , and 1 ask you hero tonight to simply
consider this question : Has thuro ever uccn
a , proposition submitted to tlie people of any
state tolnseitintoits constitution an uniciid-
meat oru clause forbiddingforgerv , forbid
ding the thult of propcrt3' , forblddlucr mur
der or forbidding any other ofthoucts that
are defined us crimes in the statutes ? And
uhy should any particulnx' acts llmt ( unde
fined at criminal bo placed Into tbo cotistltn-
tioni Our constitution like that of ull Ihe
other states Is simply an outline -
line ot powers delegated to the
representatives and oflleors thit carry
on our govcinmoiitniid , all the other rlsht-s
that Avodo not delegate to them are reset ved
for the people , Is there any good reason why
nny proposition cither to license or to pro
hibit Bbould go into the constitution ? ThAt
Is Iho question. Mr. Kdwarcl Tuttle , mi
eminent writer from Now "York , has a very
brief nillele In BcKord's ' laja/.liio ; for the
month of August from \vhiih I will read :
"A ii'itural rkht Isan Inherent property ol
pcriotmlily nswolRht is of mailer ; It is not
oven cicatedhy Irglslatlon , itls iirovucuble ,
tberebyniitunil riglita can neither bo uele
gnted nor dhlUcil. Homo the perjon is the
solo judge and iirbitnr nf his own life and
conduct , A. natural rlpht eaimot be abro
gated even by Its posscssoij neverlesati is
solf.lliiiltliigns lolts excrclso by the fact
tint tbo right of ono is C'iu ally tbo right of
all. Constitution alrlsjbts tironatur.il rights ,
thus self-limited. The written Instrument
dcllncsthesollmitatloiisbut iloos not create
them. Constitutional lijrhts holiiu fouudec !
upon 11 ntural lights uro tlio conserutorsniid
not the destroyers of pcrsonnlllboitlcs. Con
stitutional law cannot Invade the domain of
Individual so\oroiRnty \ It concerns only the
boundary lines between lovoielffii.s It con
cerns not individuality but mutuality. "
No\v , we have been told hero tonight that
the supreme court of the United States , Iho
hifhost tribunal in the land , tins doclarec
prohlbltioa touo a proper subject of loslsla-
tion. Of what legislation ! , Of police
regulation. And iny friend here
will admit thai the only reference
made by the supreme court In nil
Its decision1 * only refer Iho powers exercised
by the Unto In lu police regulation , nud
there lathe end of the domain of prohibitory
legislation. Now , tuenwe are told thut the
Judges of thosiipreno court and I hnvoduo
respect for them have said thu alarpoper-
centngoof the crime , pauperism and wretch
edness of this country Bpilnps from the
liquor traffic. ( Jr.int It , But I rcntnw to
assert that not ono of those judges on Iho
nupioiiio bench that has given this matter
oiic-hnlftho- nnd study that I hive , and
hiM never looked into the statistical features
to ascertain the dlfforc'iico ' In crlmo in the
prohibitory states and inthe states thnt have
reflation and limited prohibition railed loi-al
option whuro hinli llconio prevails , 'JTheso
jvidgcs have never troubled tlieirisclvos to
mvMtigatc ! the facts that htaro us in ( ho
fnoc , and they have never been able to ascer
tain ihocxncltruthns to whatpcrecntusoof
crlmo , otlnsnnltv , of piinpcriiin Is duo toln-
teniporcnro oftlio ImnuMiso nmonntol crlmo
nml In : inenso amount of lutroilni ; ami tholin-
mcnso amouiitofvvietchednes ) and poverty
i duo to Intemperance and -what h duo to
other causes. lUathow will y ou cradleato
Intemperancol That Is the question , J\'o\v \ ,
I repeat \j'oal < i oo folly for this stale to cm-
bode in Its constitution a provision that It
could notromovo from it for four years rand
I vlll say furthorreoro thai out of the foity-
twoHtntcs of thl union only four states luvo
prohibitory provision * inthoir constitutions.
TliOBtatoof Iowa has simply a statutory law
th manufucturo and Milo nl
liquor. Now , I take it thnttlicj pcoploof
Mmsaclmsctts , the people tl that
grand old commonwealth lhat pivo us
JlimUorillll , that yavo m Lexington , that
aavout * the herous of thorevolutlontho , state
\vhk-hwM-wwal \ llliurty andconsiltutional
rights tiiul laiv ftro held inure sacred than In
any Btal lu lha union , I tliluk th.il utato
ought to huya arrived at the proper condu-
lon nstovhat istlio right thing to put Into
n constitution nnd what in improper und 1m-
; lltic , The stale of Massachusetts had
that proposition before It last -year. In the
spring of 1881) ) , nfter they 1ml trlnl prohibi
tion nnd hnd given It n fnlr nnd Impartial
trial.
trial.Nowlot w "sco what eminent men InMns-
sachusctta bavo ntd aldlth \ regard to
that ! 1'i-of , OliirloalllliottN'oitou , ono of
the ablest men hi the stito of.Mim.-wohusett.s ,
connected vlth Ynlo rotlcKO , suyi : "Tlio
ndoption of the propasod constitutional
ninciulniont prohibiting the iiumufiic'luronnci
sale oflntojcleatliijt liquors Is , In iny opinion.
n public misfortune. U'ho atneiidincnt I ) , t
believe\vronft , in principle and mistaken In
policy. Its adoption -would ho a. heavy hloxv
to Iho can sect loinpernncu nnd good order
nml it \ \ oulillotultnveakuiilu the commun
ity Hint spirit of obcdionco to law onunion ,
the public ; wrlfurodepends. I am , sir , yours
truly , U. H xs'oiton , Cambridge , Mass. ,
Ularch 1(1 ( , 1NU. "
PresldiuitHlliott < > C Hixrx-ard rollftgo.cor-
talnly not nrom lwodlernays , ! ' Ishnllvoto
tifciilnstthu ron > tltuttonal nnicnclinont. con-
cernine prohibition ; lint , liocnino I thlulc
thit tno constitution ouirht not to deal with
such miltcrd ; nml , secondly , because for pro-
tnolliifftomiwmtirol prefer the combination
ol local option and high license to prohibi
tion. "
Ex.Covcrnor Gnrdnor , Iho man that signed
the lli-st prohibitory Inw In Massachusetts ,
ay : 'Thoicsultof ' the former prohibitory
law , which by the way I signed while chlof
magistrate , vas so unsatisfactory In its re
sulls that It was repealed by decisive majori
ties iu the succeeding ; legislatureand , does
not eiicourngo the ro-cnactincnt of similar
urovlsions in the organic constitution of the
coniinouwealtli , Wittornill not run higher
than tliosonrco ; laws cannot ho snecsssfully
onforceJ'inlcss tl o decisive majority of Iho
popularoplnlonsustiiliisthem nd iilaw upon
the stntuto lioolc constantly violated , much
rnoro a constitutional provision constantly
violated. Is a won nee to popular opinion and
: ; lie weakening of it. Today every inunleip.il-
.tyln thostjito , onchof Its towns nnd cltlw ,
possesses thopowcr , nndmniiyoC them exer
cise It. to vote total prohlbltto'i ' within their
ovn boundaries. In such cases , as the law
aas public opinion behind It , Itls generally
well oxeeiiteil. 1 u other inuniclpaltlcs wlicro
public opinion does not sustain such n le-
strlctlonthc wlo of intoxicants Is pcrmltled
under rules that hedge wound suc-b saio hy
rcstraints which \\Moniof thnpovcrn-
Ingnover imiKiscs , nnd uudor hlghllcunsolt
producolargo o.Kdso tuxes. Uxpcilonuo oC
t no past seems to teach that local option and
liijh license furnish a practicable sjitornre-
giiklhij'tliis icxoil question nsaclinltablons
frail and imperfect humanity can devise. "
Henry J. Gardner , lioston. JMass , MarchU > .
The Iev. ! IVcdeilck I'alincr : "I disjp-
niovei tlio constitutional amoiiclinentprohlblt-
IiiSlhoniunuIautuio aiidsalo of Intoxicating
liquors , iinil for Iho following reasons :
The constitution of the state Is not
the ite ° for leglslatinj such a
matter. A constitution , should contain prin
ciples of government , not rules , nlino and
causes of action. Legal prohlbilloa could
only bo enforced , by the body cf public
oiilnioribcinf'b3hind'it when lhat opinion Is
in favor of prohibition. 'I'ha present cxrel-
lenl local option. la\v i-cndcrs piohlbitlon
possible That is under the circumstances
entirely practicable , the condition of this
town plainly sho-us , for hero each year an
overwhelming vote prohibits the s.ilo of
liquor and the protiibitlon Is excellently
elllcacious. An attempted reform enforced
upon tlicutiNMllingsurolyproduces u reaction
UKainst Iho reform. The old abuses are re
stored , and when restored are fur more over
whelmingly established than before. The
present local option law bv briiiglutr the
fiueslioiiboforeovcry town educates the pub
lic opinion which is to cnlorco It. The con
stitutional amendment vould not necessitate
thl ? local agitation anil consequent education.
The present high license bill ot Philadelphia
bus the first jcar of its operation reduced Iho
iiumborof HUloons from 5,7 1) ) to 1,810 or 7"
percent There hai been no reaction so far
aslknow ; no increase In the number of
saloons , since a constitutional amendment
could not hope to approach this. I'roflorlck
Palmer , rector , Christ church , Andoxcr ,
Mass. , March H , ISb'J. '
Hero nil rather specific statemciilby Rev.
SunfordNlghtlngale : "Tho worst ruin lioles
are men's ' mouths. Bo long as these holes are
open to receive It rum \vlllllucl { its way into
them. Can these hole * lie closed to
ruin by constitutional prohibition ! No ,
ib can bo done only by convlnc-
ingand pursuadingtheir owners to do soot
their own accord and f i-co will. That van
the method of Father JMatthev , the method
by which ho won the grandest suceois which
tnolompcrancoenusohasyet { rallied. "
.Now , we have been told hew tonight , nnd
it has been repeated from many lostroms ,
thnt the sale of liquor Is n sin nnd acrime ,
and that the use of liquor is n sin. TJiiou
thcso piopositlons very many ministers of
our CUilstiun churches still agree , md
luindrcdiof thousands of gooJ Christians
holdlt as their creed , but upon the other sldo
fully as many ministers and hundreds of
thousands of poou CbristlauH hold that thcio
Is nothing In the bible or In tbo gospels that
authorize any such construction. .Permit mete
to ( | uotofrom them. There in In the city of
New Voiknovra society Itnownas thodiuixh
Tcmpcranco society under the iinsptccsof the
Episcopal church , and its secretary , Kobwl
Graham , makes this statementta ouoof Iho
church tiaets which they are circulating lu
the city of New Y"oik In the interest of tern-
IKsrance and sobriety aintlilgli lu-cusc and
against proliibitloii nnd free whisky : "To
soil Intoxicating liipjor is iiotn crime. To
usolntosle.itiiig HIJUOM temperately Is not a
sin , Their oxeessi\o usodob.iies manhood
anil womanhood sind is asiii. It may ba
D rnntcd that in this nation and mnnyothcis
the practically nnlirailed sale of liquor bis
brought abouta ra\onational \ peril ami tbat
unrestrained personalu.sowoulihvreck mill-
vldoals nnd families , Thonini of true tem
perance Is by leglnlatl'-o ' enactment torestrlcl
aiidmiiiimUo Ihooiioandby voluntary toUil
abstinc-iHonndthe power of good pci-sonal
oxmnplo to rescue nnd sa-\o tlio other.Va
recognize liquor selling a. a dangerous trade ;
dangerous to the in tin who sells , doubly dun-
perous totho iiiiui who bujs. Wo rcc'ognlio
the use' * of gunpowder , but ftnowingita explosive -
plosive power wo tlonot pievenl its manu
facture , but rciiluto IU storage In or near
ournoDulous cities.Vo \ llcciiaolts sale , nnd
by licon&lntc wo control anil restrict it , Dynn-
liiitols to bo tenderly handled lest In hliisting
rocks it vreclcs houses and destroys lives ;
recognising its use wo do not prohibit lls
maiiufncturo anil snlo , but suriouiiclltvitli
safcguanlniiid stringently rcgulatolts Uie ,
I f the stale arpuiiioiitbo used wby not license ,
regulate anil control houses of ill fame aveli
us liquor \Vo I \ answer , there 13 ro parallelism
between the tvo , Impurity in all its moods
an d tenses Is a slu us ilooii In the iinn n > 4 In
the woman , denounced by the laws of God
andioprobatcdby thalawiof rmn. "
ThU is a very clear statement of the case.
IS'o\v , I will quote from an appeal lo the
clurflr , signed by.r. 1 ! Siltei , I'crrysvllle , Oj ,
Rev , I wan Dietrich , I'ittsburg , l n. ; Itev , 0.
1C. Di-umheller , Ditnvlllu , 1'a. ; Itov. ( leorgo
nilluian , rostorla , 0. ; liov. I1 , A. 1'oter ,
\Vcst , Baltlmoie , O.Uov IIugoK. Wcndcl ,
L'u ThU . to -
Ilnnlbbuig , appe.il thoclci-By
was Issued during the campaign In I'cnnsjl-
vniila , f row whicii inyfalcnil Kanltin comes ;
" .A. qucbtion of import.mco clalim the
attention of the clinrch na a whole and
of the ministry In paitluular , A dnugorom
foes IndeepilitBulso is at ouroooM. 'Jhut in-
luiiiperanco is a grant , evil none will deny ,
Tluitlt cjitcnsivclv nrcvnlhls painfully evi
dent Tint all UlirUilnni should sanction
cvoiy proper effort for the suppression of this
vicels it jilaln duty. Hut can we , us minii-
tors of thogospel. afford toglvo our Influence
hi support of sucft measures as subvert tbo
very foundations of thoChrlslitinfalthl jVio
wo justified in nlthholdlngoiir nctlvo opposi
tion to Ic al enactments which practically
nullify the tout-Mugs of thoblble , contravuni )
the spirit of thogospel and coiider.m the con-
duclof tlioSuvlort Kxlstlng circumstances
forcothO'soiniestlons upon us for consider-
ution. Tliooiatuitanient prophets tnidsaintj
accepted and used winoui a good thing , nnd
( ! od many limes declares It as such The
Savior useii wlno ns a beverage , made nnd
furnished It to others for u like purpose , mid
also saiictlflcu It as a suoramental clement ,
Those facts are well Icnoun by nil careful
students otlho scripturea. iVot wlno of the
same kind as that so oftori nnd so ornphntl-
rallj'ianctlonodby tbo prophot-1 , tlio alnti
and the Savior , Is now chiiractorizcd by
mniiyas 'lhe bcvcraffoof tell , " "tlio drink
of devils , " "liquid damnation. " etc. Tlio
Woman's Chrkllun Temper.inco union of
ficially dcclar 'i It Ji sncillojro In asosucli
wine at tha Lord's Ublo , and they , with
manyothen , avow thflr intention of continu
ing their efforts until such wlno h banished
from tlio sacramental altar. To Ibis end w
lira aslkcd by these parties and
those co-oiwrnllng with them to Blip
port A legal enactment which will make it
It is a violation of comll'utlonnl law to man
ufacture or tell for use us alicrago nnv wino
or other liquor containing alcohol , Hhouhl
I thoyjuccocd In thN , Itwlllhc conipnratlvcly
lensvfor them to take thu neil wtcp and pro-
Th iiuportnneo otpurlfjlnj tin Hood fun
nel ba overestimated , for vithont pure
blood you c.-umjl enjoy good health ,
v At this season nearly c\cry \ cno ncfds a
cooilmcillcinoto purifyAlUtlzctacl cntlch
tbo blood , nmlllood'sSnrsaparllUls ' wor.hy
your conflileiice , It Is peculiar In tint it
strengthens aujbulUstip thoystcmcreates
an appetite , and tones the digestion , vhllo
itcradlcatcs ( itic.isc , Give It a trial.
Uoocl'jSarsjparllUlssoldbyalldrugjIsts.
rteparcdby CI. Hood & Co. , ioncll , Ulas-v.
IOC Doses Ono Dollar
hibilwiiicfor saoramental purposes nlio ; n (
nlrendy htw beendotio In limisas , and was
proposed in Michigan anil Oregon" I will
not read further , bub I will lea volt for ono
sob reiorondgontlomiiii to settle with ttio
other reverend goiitlcinon who say it Is
crimonnd sin. It is simply n difference of
opinion among doctorsof diUnlty , Religions
people differ very widely anil very often , In
1(5U ( soon tiller the disastrous battle of the
second Bull Run a delegation of Chicago mini
Istors called upon Abraham Lincoln tin ixj-
quested him to issue unoinunclpallon inoclu-
mation. .Ami hero in a book thnt has Just
hcoti published Is tbo answer Abraham Lin
coln , gave thorn. "Thosubject presented In
the mcmoilal Is one upon which -t have
thought tot wools past , anil I tnavevon a ay
for months , I am approached with the most
opposite ) siilnlotiaaiul lulvlcc.imd thnt by re
ligious mon , who are equnlly ccitaiti tlitit
they rrnroscut the Divlno | xvf | | _ I am sure
tliaib clthortlio ono or the other class la mis
taken In that belief , mid poihaps. In AOIIIO ro-
specls , both. I hope it will not bo Inherent
for mo to say thullf itls probable thut Oed
would reveal hiswlll toothers , ona point so
connected with my duty , II might be sup
posed ho would rnvcal It directly to
me ; for , unless I nin moro docelvod
In myself than I oflen am , it
Is my earnest desire tolcnovtliowlll of I'rov-
Idciicdlu tlih matter , and iflcniilcariinuiit
His Iwilldoit. These nrc not , howcAcr , tlio
days * of inlraclos , and I suppose It will bo
granted that I ujuiiot to expect a direct ivvt--
lalion. I must stcdy tlio plain physical facts
of the case , asccitaln what Is possible aitcl
le.imwhutappeai's to bo wUoamhlght Tlio
subjeetis ilililciilt nnd good men donot tigiecr
You know thut the hist session of eoiigrosn
had n decided majority of mill-slavery moil ,
jet they could notimitooti this policy- And
the same istruo ofthoiellgious people. Why ,
the rebel soldiers are prnjlngwith a good
deal more cirneslness.I f car , than our own
troopsimdexpcrtlng , Cod tofavortlieirslcle ,
for ono of cur soldiers , who had been tikoii
piisoncr , told Senator Wilson a few cU.VH
since that lie mm nothing sodlseouiiiging iis
the oUdent sincerity of thoao he was itiuong-
in their prayers. "
So , then , so fur as religion goes , the people
who hold religious ilows sinceicly UM di I
vided , laiuoneof those who hold Iholev \
that -what Is best for the state , what Is best
for our people , .should bo done , rbetlevcthat
sobriety nnd tctnporanco can bo butt promoted
meted by thohlgn license ) and loe.il option
laws that MO have , and when I got throuirh
hero hy tomorrow nlghtl shall demonstrate
that more cihne , moropaupeiisui , more Insan
ity , more drunkenness , are gcncrntcd iu tlio
prohibition states by the fullnoy of prob.ll"
tlon than In the lilgh llconso states. > - * -
posu todernonqtmto bejoiid the shade ,
doubt to tlioso who will read nnd I
will tliinlc , by the statistics ofthosf ,
the criminal records of their jai
rceordsof their penitentiaries , by the records
of their Insane asjlums and the records oC
tncir police courts.
N"ow , my friend from Pennsylvania boasts
that ho has for ll\oyeiirs been ngltatln ( ( for
piohibitlouand , llko Artermis Ward , holilti
for this warnnd the next ono , atiU ho Is willIng -
Ing tosacriflco all his vlfe's relations In that
war. [ A.pplau o. ] he is In fotthi war , and.
ashe says. If It is to boaUull Run hcrq ho
will rc-cnlifcllti the next. Homnljcsa living
out of this tigitation and does not caio forthu
eoiisc < iuonc . But tlioso o ( us who nro
plan ted here , who have marcj our childtou
oiiNobr.iskasoil , who liopo to live hud ilio
here , the a ofus who must shoulder the re-
spoiisibllltio , innstoverdso our rights with
care and with caution.
I have not road , nnd I will not stop to ic.id
tbe opinions of religions men hi Massachu
setts vho opposed proiilbitloii Because they
did notbolic\o \ it wouldprotnoto truotohipor-
ance. ThonwcrooIfjhtj-oightBlgncd UIIOIHJ
Boston pnprr before ttiis iinostlon wa
submitted. The fact that thogrnnd old com
mon wealth rejected thocoiistltutlonul amend
ment by an overwhelming majority iins cri
for I Is elf. .
I maintain thnt by adopting this constitu
tional anieiiilmontyou will cripple you public
sehoolandwo , all want to see our children
educated , and \vell oducalcd , We all take
pride in the uubliujfuhooU of Nebraska , tiud't
assort right hero that HS'ebraslia pny $ better
salaries lo toaehors itntl hits belter teachers
lhan tiny other ktato In thU union. [ Aj > -
plnuso ] This is largclvdun to the fact that si
Acrylicavy revenuols tierlv'odfionitho licens
ing system -whifligoes Into our school fund.
The city of Ormha , for instance , has nt-
Irnctodto ittho best teacher.In thocouiitry.
Iwas la Lcaven ortb three daysugb , nud
lalking with the mayor , who is cvoitido a
number of tno sohonl boird. I Icaiiicdhllo \
in r-ioavciiMorth , by reason of the roytniic }
liaviiig dccllncsd , tbo schools lire lurtillled.
salarioiliacl lo bo roiluced and teachers had
to bo dispensed with. Scvcrnl of tkua
teachers wont to Omaha ami htild position's
In her pabl in schools. In the city of Ieaven-
\\orth-aiid \ uhlloliini nhnutltlet modigiess.
IboHO of you ivho are old enough and bavu
boon tlowri In Virginia nnd Tciinesscfo , ai f.
bave , during the war , have proBibly $ ien
towns and citlos thut hud been devastated
tinil ruined. The city of I/eavciiworlh today
rrosoiitsnn tppcuriinco u > ciesortod and ns
wioekwlim nny city In the south that J tit.r !
saw timing tliov r. 1'cn thousand pcopIjO
have left there within five yean. 1'lvo VOJM
tigo wli n I was In Jeivon\vorth" bu Inosn
vas nourishing , overyUilnfr wu piosp 'rous ,
npparcntlj' , anil she hud u population of over
thlrty-ono thousiitid , 'I'oday she has a popu
lation , undortho census , of twenty-one thou
sand , and bloelc upon Moo'c ' nil tlirou hllio
business runier t/ia.mfc , Windows sin.l.li''d In
and buildings dilapidated. Hvcrjlhliig ll
xva'clc and ruin. Nobody tliat has not seen
ilcan icall/o Iho devastation , If the town
had bc/'natruclc ' by Iho pluguoor by a pcstl-
Itnco il could not bavo been clNcrtculiymoro
peoplo. llht opposite to the ( mstoltlco
bulldhig-n liner fvliral building than any
in this state1 , Jhlshcd only two ycaw
ago stands u very largo aiid veiy
subsUintl.it brlr-li bloelc whiiii wn' . <
occupied bv the postoflleo until it was va
cated , and I inetono of tlio poitiildot-itsof
Absolutely Pure.
A ereim of tartrtjhaklij poiflftr. f
li-U.B. r.otcrrii'.cdt